Maybe he meant e-bike? Because my city bike was under $100, can't imagine paying more. It's not especially crappy, it's just featureless and old. $1,800 would get you mid-range road bike. (or fancy singlespeed)

This seems like I can lug around inside buildings and whatnot, unlike a bike. I don't trust biking to a lot of places, because cretins will take whatever they can: the wheels, the steering wheel, anything that isn't bolted on, really.

You could get a decent folding bike (a Dahon or Brompton) for way less money than that, and folded, they're not much bigger than this thing. Plus they're street-legal in most places, likely unlike this thing, and you get the exercise benefits of riding.

I agree that a Brompton is a better choice. It folds up to about the same size as this uni-wheel thing. However, they are pretty expensive. Mine was pretty close to $1800. I think the cheapest one (1 speed, no lighting system) is $1000.

That's a very neat concept, cheers. I can imagine that that would have been very convenient for the commute I had this last spring - bicycle to the train station, take the train to campus, and then bicycle through the campus.

Not even. Get proper locks and it will be fine.

A proper bike >>>> something shitty. No comparison.

Even with proper locks, an expensive enough bike could have parts taken from it, given a bit of time. Or some asshole could give it a kick just out of spite. No way I'd leave mine around town, even with a huge lock.

Also, a high end road bike, frankly, isn't the most comfortable thing to cruise around on.

I love bikes, in any case, and there's no reason you can't have both! I have a very nice, custom made bike for actual rides, and a dumpy, rusty bike with one speed for cruising around town.